Rig Veda 10.162.5 — Mandala 10, Sukta 162, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.162
Rishi: As above (uncertain).
Devata: Protective/exorcistic; devatā implicit.
Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्त्वा भ्राता पतिर्भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस्ते जिघांसति तमितो नाशयामसि ॥
Transliteration
yás tvā bhrā́tā pátir bhūtvā́ jā́ro bhūtvā́ nípadyate | prajā́ṃ yás te jíghāṃsati tám itó nāśayāmasi ||
Translation
जो फसवून तुझ्याजवळ येतो—भाऊ होऊन, पती होऊन, जार (प्रियकर) होऊन—आणि जो तुझी प्रजा/संतती मारू पाहतो—त्याला आम्ही इथूनच नाश करतो.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भ्राता(as) a brother
भ्राता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पतिः(as) a husband/lord
पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
जारःa paramour/lover
जारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजार (प्रातिपदिक)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
निपद्यतेlies down/approaches (sexually), resorts to
निपद्यते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनि + पद् (धातु)
प्रजाम्offspring/progeny
प्रजाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जिघांसतिseeks to kill, intends to slay
जिघांसति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) → जिघांसति (देसिदेरटिव)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतःfrom here, hence
इतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रभव)
नाशयामसिwe destroy, we drive away
नाशयामसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनश्/नाशय् (धातु; causative of √नश् ‘to perish’)
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